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The first official Puribooth (provided by FuRru Corporation) in New York City opens for business Friday, March 13, at Japan Society, in tandem with the opening of the Society's eagerly anticipated spring exhibition "Life of Cats: Selections from t...

Dempagumi. inc are one of the biggest representatives of otaku culture and Akihabara so it seemed like a perfect match when they became the image characters of the mobile RPG game Phantom of the Kill (Fuji&gumi games).

The making of mochi, traditional Japanese rice cakes, is a traditional activity for many Japanese families around the time of the New Year's holiday. The term for this important ritual in Japanese is mochitsuki (餅つき), which quite simply means "moc...

With the Friday the 13th (Japanese time) release of volume 7 of Okayado's Monster Musume, the series' anime adaptation has been confirmed and an associated site has launched. Beyond its July broadcast, little information about the production has b...

A new visual for the second season anime adaptation of Naoshi Komi's Nisekoi manga was revealed in a Japanese magazine which also announced the anime's air date: April 10th on Tokyo MX at 23:00 JST, April 14th on MBS at 2:30am JST and on BS11 at 1...

I've never really thought of plant pots as being particularly good gifts, and buying a flowerpot for Mother's Day has never crossed my mind (sorry mum! ) But if that planter was being pulled along by a steadfast Totoro, or came with a little Jiji ...

Bravely Second will have new heroes along with new features, but it'll also retain plenty of Bravely Default's content as far as game system goes. The latest trailer for the game focuses on its mechanics and systems.

The Agency of Cultural Affairs from Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science has announced the 2014 Rookie Award for Art Encouragement, and it is none other than the legendary mangaka responsible for creating Naruto, Masashi Kis...

Whether you got into Sailor Moon through its English-language TV broadcast version and think of the main character as "Meatball Head" or you're a Japanese original purist who calls them odango, there's no denying that anime's most famous magical g...

The plot of the Ressha Sentai ToQGer Returns "The Dreamed Super ToQ-7" V-Cinema was revealed. It is revealed that the V-Cinema will take place ten years after the end of the TV series. It's the year 2025 and the ToQGers are now adults and will soo...

Dubbed "Tokyo One Piece Tower," this is Japan's first large-scale One Piece theme park. As Kotaku reported last year, this theme park (and it's explicitly being called a "theme park" or テーマパーク in Japanese) marks the 15th anniversary of the One Pie...

A teaser site for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Kazusa Yoneda's four-panel comedy manga Danchigai launched today with its first key visual, also announcing its five main voice cast. It tells everyday-life of the Nakano family consists of fou...

The official U. S. website for Bandai Namco Games and Shonen Jump's J-Stars Victory VS+ game began streaming a Dragon Ball Z trailer and two gameplay trailers on Tuesday. The battle videos pit Tatsumi Oga with Baby Beel (Beelzebub) against Chinyuk...

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet - Meguru Kouro, Haruka-/Traveling the Route, Far Away, the OVA sequel set about six months after the end of 2013's 13-episode TV series, concludes with its second part set to be screened at 12 theaters across Japa...

'Himouto! Umaru-chan' Anime Getting Summer 2015 Debut Posted by Chris Beveridge March 12, 2015 at 02:52 PM SankakuHead's manga series Himouto! Umaru-chan is getting closer to reality as the project has now been set to debut in the summer of 2015.

'Xuccess Heaven: Neo Tokyo School Success Battle' Project Getting Anime Component Posted by Chris Beveridge March 12, 2015 at 03:00 PM The debut of a teaser site for Xuccess Heaven: Neo Tokyo School Success Battle has revealed that there'll be an ...

Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou Gets TV Anime March 11th, 2015 / By Tabris / No comments » / Categories: Anime, News Today it became known that Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou manga gets TV anime which will be aired in the summer season of this year.

Million Arthur, one of Square Enix's new franchise is now poised to be released in North America and Europe. SE partnered with Gamevil (which has lots of games on the iPhone and Android) to handle Million Arthur in the two territories as well as i...

"Shokugeki no Souma" – TVCM4 Posted by pKjd on Mar 12, 2015 @ 6:00 pm 12 Mar The fourth TV commercial for the anime adaptation of 'Shokugeki no Souma' is now available for view below. The new series, from studio J.

Atlus USA to release 3DS game on April 7 in N. America Atlus USA began streaming a video on Thursday introducing the Sovereign class in its upcoming Nintendo 3DS game Etrian Mystery Dungeon. The sovereign class buffs and protects its allies while ...

Compile Heart is bringing both Date A Live games for PlayStation 3 into one Vita bundle. Date A Live: Twin Pack includes ports of Date A Live: Rinne Utopia and its sequel Date A Live: Arusu Install. This version of the game also includes a new e...

On 12th, the final selection event was held to choose the Japanese representative for the Miss Universe Pageant. Out of 44 contestants, Miyamoto Eriana (20) from Nagasaki was chosen. "I thought 'I wonder if a hafu like me would be okay' and had in...

Fans are sometimes wary when their favorite book or comic is picked up by Hollywood for the live-action treatment. There's been considerable blowback since Scarlet Johansson was cast in the lead role of Ghost in the Shell, and other films like Dra...

'One-Punch Man' Anime Site Goes Live, Key Visual Revealed Posted by Chris Beveridge March 12, 2015 at 01:37 PM Announced last week as getting an anime adaptation, things are moving along well for One-Punch Man as the official Twitter feed has reve...

Here's the preview of Power Rangers Dino Charge's 6th episode entitled "The Tooth Hurts". In this episode, people are getting a bad case of toothache. When faced with the fast-firing Cavity monster, Riley thinks Chase doesn't take the threat serio...

The official website for the upcoming third anime season of Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero's High School DxD has announced the anime's air date: April 4 on AT-X at 23:00 JST April 6 on Tokyo MX at 12:30am JST Sun TV 2:00am JST April 7 on TV Aichi...